Wikinews Shorts: April 3, 2007
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===US: Former FBI agent missing in Iran===
[[Image:J edgar hoover bldg.jpg|right|150px|FBI headquarters]]
On Monday, the [[United States]] said it sent an official inquiry to Iran via Swiss diplomats about a former [[w:Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent who went missing while in [[Iran]] on private business. He is believed to have gone missing several weeks ago on the island of Kish. The FBI say he has not worked for them in a decade nor is he a contractor for them. A US [[w:United States Department of State|State Department]] spokesperson declined to give name, age or occupation of the missing man. The spokesperson also said that they have no indication that he is being held by any Iranian entity.

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*{{source|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0243598820070402
|title=U.S. says former FBI agent missing in Iran
|author=Sue Pleming
|pub=Reuters
|date=April 2, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-04-02-missing-iran_N.htm?POE=NEWISVA
|title=Former FBI agent missing in Iran
|author=Matthew Lee, AP
|pub=USA Today
|date=April 2, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/02/iran.missing/
|title=Former FBI agent reported missing in Iran
|author=
|pub=CNN
|date=April 2, 2007}}
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===Asian markets set positive outlook for stocks===
[[Image:Tokyo Stock Exchange 1146.jpg|right|150px|Tokyo Stock Exchange]]
In early action, [[Asia]]n and [[Oceania]]n markets rose while the markets pondered the impact of the [[United States]]-[[South Korea]] [[w:U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement|free trade agreement]]. In [[Japan]]ese markets, Monday's fears that the [[w:Institute for Supply Management|Institute for Supply Management]]'s report would say manufacturing growth slowed more than forecast in March actually came true. However, "US markets turned out more stable than people feared yesterday and that prompted buying back of large-cap stocks," said Yoshihisa Okamoto of [[w:Mizuho Financial Group|Fuji Investment Management Co.]] in Tokyo.

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSSYD14386120070403
|title=Asian markets push ahead
|author=
|pub=Reuters
|date=April 2,2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aRRlVRBCY6Dk&refer=home
|title=Japanese Stocks Advance; Matsushita, Mitsubishi UFJ Lead Gains
|author=Makiko Suzuki
|pub=Bloomberg L.P.
|date=April 3, 2007}}
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===British hacker to be extradited to US===
[[Image:My Opera Server.jpg|right|150px|A server (computer)]]
[[w:Gary McKinnon|Gary McKinnon]] of [[United Kingdom|Britain]] lost his appeal challenging an extradition order to face charges in the [[United States]] that he hacked into military and [[NASA]] computers there. "We do not find any grounds of appeal against the decision," said one of the judges, Lord Justice Maurice Kay.
In what has been called the "biggest military hack of all time," McKinnon allegedly used the code-name ''Solo'' as he hacked into 97 computers and caused $700,000 worth of damage according to US prosecutors. In 2006, he told ''[[w:The Guardian|The Guardian]]'' that he was searching for evidence the Americans might have about [[w:Unidentified flying object|UFO]]s.

'''Related news'''
*{{wikinews|title=UK hacker faces extradition to US|date=May 10, 2006}}

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL0366072320070403
|title=British hacker loses U.S. extradition appeal
|author=
|pub=Reuters
|date=April 3, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2049060,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=11
|title=Briton loses extradition fight over US military hacking
|author=Mark Tran
|pub=Guardian Unlimited
|date=April 3, 2007}}

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===US Supreme Court rules against EPA on carbon dioxide regulation===
[[Image:Environmental Protection Agency logo.png|right|150px|Environmental Protection Agency]]
The [[United States|US]] Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that carbon dioxide should be regulated by the [[w:Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA). The majority opinion said that the EPA had offered "no reasoned explanation" for refusing to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from cars. Previously the EPA had argued that the 1970 [[w:Clean Air Act|Clean Air Act]] did not give it the powers to regulate green house gases because they were not deemed to be pollutants. Twelve states and several environmental groups jointly brought the case against the EPA, contending that it was failing in its legal duty to regulate environmental pollution by not regulating green house gas emissions.

'''Sources'''
* {{source
|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/02/AR2007040200487.html?hpid=topnews
|title=Supreme Court: EPA Can Regulate Car Emissions
|author=Robert Barnes and Juliet Eilperin
|pub=Washington Post Online
|date=April 2, 2007}}
* {{source
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6519923.stm
|title=US 'must regulate car pollution'
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=April 2, 2007}}

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